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JAMES FREDERICK BALBIRNIE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1939 – June 23, 1966
Service recordJames Frederick Balbirnie, of Stockton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1939
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 78
- THOMAS EMERSON SULLIVANSergeant · June 22, 1966
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- NATHANIEL WILSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- HARRY JOHN BELKNAPEnsign · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 79
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- ANTONIO MORADOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 81
- ERNEST E MCALUMSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 82
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.